CP16 – May 4, 2020 – CO – application has a First Office Action Prediction in PAIR but there is no First Office Action Prediction in Patentcenter. This is EBC trouble ticket number 1-690814254.

CP17 – May 4, 2020 – CO – application has a class and subclass in PAIR but has no class or subclass in Patentcenter.

CP18 – May 6, 2020 – KK – Continue button for accessing Payment Window Status and Fees page is unselectable unless checkbox next to Statement by Small or Micro Entity of Delay Due to COVID-19 Outbreak is checked (to continue without checking this box, you have to click within already-populated Application Number and Patent Number boxes).

CP19 – May 6, 2020 – KK – Pop-up windows (such as when selecting document types when uploading PDF documents to be split) are cut off/partially off-screen when viewing in an other-than-maximized window.

CP20 – May 6, 2020 – KK – Fee payment process split among multiple pages. It’s unclear from the first page that you can make additional selections for fee payment on the following page. All available fee payment options should be presented on a single page.

CP21 – May 6, 2020 – KK – Should be able to directly access Patent Center home page when selected from USPTO home page. Currently, selecting Patentcenter from USPTO home page brings you to landing page with information about Patent Center, and you must then click a further “Patent Center” link.

CP22. May 9, 2020. CO — It is impossible to do a follow-on filing in any 35-series (Hague Agreement) case. See blog article.

CP23. May 11, 2020. CO — Patentcenter wrongly says that every user is unable to access any customer number in Patent Center or in PAIR. See blog article.

CP24. May 18, 2020. CO — In the web-based issue fee payment form (85B), EFS-Web permits use of an umlaut in the city name for the assignee. But Patentcenter pukes on an umlaut in the city name. Patentcenter needs to be corrected so that it permits use of the same character set that EFS-Web permits.

CP25. May 26, 2020. RB – PTO Form AIA 14 information is not automatically retrieved and populated into Patent Center when attempting to file a new patent application.